Yes,I read the article too. First off, Nader is a serious self-centered "richard"! I was in college and the draft lottery, and used my student deferment. That doesn't qualify me(or the men mentioned by Nader) as draft dodgers! He does,however, bring up the sad and deplorable treatment of our troops by the Pentagon. I won't go over every point,but suffice it to say that we went in to this war with one hand tied behind our Back! Our forces have the worst conditions and lack of equipment is a disgrace. If not for 9/11, they probably would be worse off. In the 1st War in Iraq, we had about 2-3 days of munitions left....luckily the Iraqis' surrendered. But we have the 40 years of Democraticly controlled of Congress to blame for NOT keeping our Defense strong. That's the sad history that's brought us to this spot. I don't want to debate the war, as it's been beaten to death.
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